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Helicinoidea

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Kingdom
  
Phylum
  
Rank
  
Superfamily

Scientific name
  
Helicinoidea

Higher classification
  
Archaeogastropoda

Helicinoidea

Similar
  
Molluscs, Gastropods, Cycloneritimorpha, Helicinidae, Cyclophoroidea

Helicinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of land snails that have an operculum. In other words, they are terrestrial operculate gastropod mollusks. They are in the superfamily Neritoidea and are quite closely related to the marine and freshwater nerites.

Taxonomy

The following families are within according to the taxonomy by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

  • family Helicinidae
  • † family Dawsonellidae
  • † family Deaniridae
  • family Neritiliidae
  • family Proserpinellidae
  • family Proserpinidae
  • References

    Helicinoidea Wikipedia


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